Dubai: Mosaad Abdel Wahab
The Federation Cup Open Basketball Quarter-finals will kick off Thursday, the first of the new season’s tournaments, with 4 confrontations, as Sharjah, the leader of the first group with the full score with 6 points, will host Al-Bataeh fourth in the second group with 3 points at 7:15 pm, and Al-Wehda will be the third in the first group with 4 points as a guest Shabab Al-Ahly is second in the second group with 5 points at seven in the evening, while Al-Wasl, the leader of the second group with 6 points, will receive Al-Dhafra, the fourth in the second group, with 3 points, at seven and a quarter in the evening. points.
Sharjah and Al Wasl topped the first and second groups at the end of the first round competitions with a full score of “6 points” after Sharjah beat Al Nasr in the third round 83-49, Al Wasl beat Al Bataeh 76-55, Al Ahly youth beat Jam Academy 132-93, and Al Wahda over Al Dhafra 74-41.
The rules of the tournament stipulate that the quarter-final matches will be held in a one-time knockout system at the applicant’s stadium in order according to the results of the first stage, through which the teams that will qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament are determined.